Talk:Jarmaq, Palestine

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1839

Presently we have:

"Jarmaq was a Druze village, which began to decline in the 1830s, with Edward Robinson calling it "almost deserted" cited to Firro, cited to Robinson.

Now Robinson & Smith, 1856 writes:

The Druze village of Jermuk was also in view on our right, on the high ridge beyond the head of a shorter valley running down northwest to the former one.' This village, an hour distant from Meirod, was visited by Messrs Bonar and McCheyne in 1839 ; it is situated on the level western brow of the mountain, and enjoys a view of the lake of Galilee. It was said to be at present almost deserted.(ref Narrative,etc, July 13)

But I cannot find anything about a Druze village being almost deserted in the writing of Andrew Bonar and Robert Murray M'Cheyne p. on July 13? cheers, Huldra (talk) 23:32, 27 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

@Huldra: The reference is to the village "Jurmah" that Bonah mentions on page 281. Proof: "It is situated upon a level brow of the hill just where the view opens out towards the Lake of Galilee." Bonah says the inhabitants included 15 Jews, mostly Russians. I don't see "Jurmah" mentioned elsewhere except in passing and we need to check it is the same place. If Bonah got the name from local Jews, the final "h" of "Jurmah" could be a 'het', so the pronunciation would not be far from "Jurmaq". I'll come back to this. Zero^talk 01:11, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

On another page, Robinson has a footnote "Bonar and McCheyne heard of them at Jermuk" (where "them"=Jews). Zero^talk 01:44, 28 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]